Management of intracranial bleeding associated with anticoagulation: Balancing the risk of further bleeding against thromboembolism from prosthetic heart valves

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 396-398

  Crawley, Francesca ^a   Bevan, David ^b   Wren, Damian ^a  

^a ATKINSON MORLEY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heparin; Intracranial haemorrhage; Prosthetic heart valves; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COUMARIN ANTICOAGULANT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 0033884263     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.3.396     Document Type: Article

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